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AmigaOS 4

Posted by kdawson on

Second five-eighth writes "The Amiga is alive and sort of well (you can get the OS, but not the hardware), and Ars Technica has a review of the final version of AmigaOS 4. New features include limited memory protection, 3D display drivers, an improved suite of applications (the bounty for porting Mozilla to AmigaOS has yet to be claimed), and much better 680x0 emulation. Perhaps most telling, the reviewer was able to move his daily writing workflow from Windows XP to AmigaOS 4.0: 'Not only was it possible to do this, but having done so I feel no urge to switch back. It is nice to not have any distractions when working — there is no waiting for the system to swap out when switching between major applications, no constant reminders for updates or to download new virus definitions and even if the worst happens and the system locks up, it takes only seven seconds to reboot and get back to a functional desktop.'"

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  1. Spaceballs? by Loconut1389 · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTA: "this brings things up to ludicrous speed."

    Prepare for the jump to ludicrous speed!

  2. I suppose in the year 2038.... by ip_freely_2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..I'll be mentioning something cool in Mac OS LXVIII and some idiot will say "Why, we did that in Amiga OS 4, and we did it better!"

    1. Re:I suppose in the year 2038.... by Nossie · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm thinking either that's sarcasm

      or you are the pot calling the kettle black?

  3. Thank Goodness! by dada21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can get ProComm to dial into those old Telegard BBSes that I still have the phone numbers for in my Apple Newton. I hope that someone ports a terminal emulator that supports the RIP protocol, because ANSI and AVATAR are just boring.

    This will completely let me replace my Coco3.

    Tradewars door, here I come!

  4. Yeah by winkydink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't the 6 of you who are still interested just start a mailing list or something?

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    1. Re:Yeah by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 4, Funny
      Couldn't the 6 of you who are still interested just start a mailing list or something?

      So that would include 6 interested people + at least 2 guys who keep posting "Amiga is Dead" over and over?

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    2. Re:Yeah by Bamafan77 · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's like the Michael Myers of Operating Systems. :)

  5. The only question left by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will it run Duke Nukem Forever?

  6. From the nothing-to-see-here department by Bifurcati · · Score: 3, Funny

    That was the first thing I noticed, too! I couldn't work out what was "wrong" with the story - some sort of disturbance in the force :)

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  7. Not to point out the obvious but... by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Funny

    no waiting for the system to swap out when switching between major applications

    I hear not having any will do that for you.

  8. Re:It's a shame... by Hao+Wu · · Score: 3, Funny
    I will keep using Amiga for spite. I hate whoever killed this superior operating system.

    Only Amiga is worth using. If you disagree, you deserve worse than death.

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  9. Re:It's a shame... by dosle · · Score: 2, Funny

    no... It's a feature!

  10. Re:Who cares... by flyingsquid · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Amiga is dead... get over it.


    You know, that's just what they said about cuneiform. But I'm continuing to develop new kinds of clay for the tablets and to experiment with new ways of making a reed stylus- I'm working with a new kind of reed from South America which is vastly superior to the ones the Sumerians used. And cuneiform on clay tablets works fine for all my word-processing and accounting needs, plus it never gets viruses. Well, I did once have a problem with mold growing on my styluses. But I solved that by keeping them in a dry place.

  11. Re:What's wrong with this summary? by SeaFox · · Score: 4, Funny
    Ah... there's no "dept." caption/commentary!

    Let me be the first to suggest this be assigned to the "He's dead, Jim." dept.
  12. If I were Amiga OS' chief designer ... by SpaghettiPattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd do the sensible thing: 1) migrate to ppc, 2) put in large chunks of BSD code and 3) migrate to x86.

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  13. Re:Who cares... by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    And cuneiform on clay tablets works fine for all my word-processing and accounting needs, plus it never gets viruses.

    Someone needs to read more Neal Stephenson.

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  14. Re:Nice Nostalgia by Atario · · Score: 2, Funny
    I could go on and on about what made Amiga great, but every time I even mention it, people immediately place me in the slot marked, "crazy."
    You think you've got it bad? Check out my handle...er, user name.
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  15. I want my CPM! by Billly+Gates · · Score: 2, Funny

    Screw that.

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